July 28, 2005

Pundits ponder Cabinet’s 100-day milestone

TALLINN - After 100 days in office, Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and his ruling coalition met the centennial mark on July 21 with confidence. The government had succeeded in keeping its most important promises, Ansip stressed in an article he wrote for the Maaleht weekly. The prime minister pointed out the Cabinet’s most noteworthy achievements – extending the parent’s salary payment to 15 months, increasing the birth payment to 5,000 kroons (320 euros), raising the pension rate, decreasing income tax to 23 percent and raising the tax-free monthly minimum income to 2,000 kroons.